HAIR LOSS IN WOMEN

Hair loss in women named female hair loss, female alopecia hair loss is also called female pattern  baldness. 

Why Hair Loss In Women?

More than 30 million women in the United States suffer hair loss thinning hair or baldness in some form.  One in five women suffer from female hair loss.  Women's hair loss make up forty percent of total hair loss sufferers in America. The 1999 survey by AC Nielsen in Singapore showed that hair loss affects 23 percent of men and 21 percent of women. Female hair loss effect self image and emotional pain on women with hair loss. 

American physicians & their medical associations do not take women's hair loss condition seriously.  Hair loss patients suffer psychological & emotional conditions alone and that may their affects physical health. Slowly there is an awareness of the need to increase research on hair loss disease that affect both men and women of all ages.

What health issues may cause hair loss in women?

• Pregnancy and the months after labor, post-partum
• Women who go through menopause
• Female hormonal imbalance
At any stage when estrogen levels decrease and testosterone increases. 
• When starting or stopping oral contraceptives, birth control pills
• More on women's health & hair loss

What causes hair loss in women?

Jennifer wrote: "I'm a 22 year old female and my hair started to thin about a year ago.  My dermatologist prescribed Rogaine.  After three months of use I saw no results. Actually the problem became worse, and I have since stopped using the product. I'm very distressed over the situation. Help!"

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Some of the most common hair loss causes to female hair loss are:

• Female pattern baldness
• Hormonal change
• Active thyroid gland
• Stress related hair loss
• Severe illness
• Major surgery
• Drugs
• Chemo and radiation

Stress may be a factor in the hair loss.  Furthermore, stress can increase the speed of the hair loss process of individuals who have genetically inherited the trait.  Severe stress, such as the loss of a loved one, severe illness or major surgery, may lead to hair loss.

Additionally, prescription drugs, chemo and radiation therapies, and diseases, such as circulatory disorders and arthritis, can cause hair loss. Temporary hair loss may be initiated by medications, such as blood pressure drugs, Beta Blockers for depression,  oral contraceptives as artificial Estrogens, Naproxin Sodium (Nuprin) and others.  Also, excessive intake of iron or vitamin A is toxic and can cause hair loss. Some illnesses may lead to thinning hair, including: thyroid disease, overactive or under active thyroid gland,  ringworm, syphilis, and even high fever. 

Ringworm of the scalp is a fungal infection affecting the hair follicles, resulting in hair loss.  This is contagious and  is most common in children as a hair loss cause.  Prescribed treatments of lotions or oral drugs may help hair re-growth and stop hair loss. Furthermore, skin cancer can directly destroy hair follicles. Also, burns permanently damage the exposed skin deeply, causing baldness.

In addition, anxiety habits, such as, compulsive hair pulling or scalp rubbing, damage hair follicles. This nervous behavior is known as tri-chotillomania, and it affects 2 percent of the population. Hair loss due to ri-chotillomania cannot be treated effectively until the psychological reasons are addressed.

Medical illness Alopecia areata, is non life-threatening hair loss medical condition which causes hair to fall out in clumps and causes bald spots, which may progress to complete hair loss.  Some lose their hair with bald spots in certain areas and others with thinning hair all over. Medical diagnosis will determine this auto immune disease. 

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Scarring alopecia hair loss due to scarring of the scalp area. The condition occurs in African-American women and due to persistent tight braiding of hair, or inflammation of hair follicles and subsequent scarring.

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What hair loss products are most widely used for women?

For women's hair loss, medical hair loss treatments most widely used are surgical hair transplants hair restoration procedures and the 5-alpha-reductace inhibitors medical drug Rogaine for women {Minoxidil}. By far, the most widely used non medical hair loss treatments for women are the cosmetic options of wigs or hair extensions.  These are used as hair loss solution to conceal thinning hair or complete baldness.  

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Did you know...  If you have sudden hair loss, you should first check with your family doctor, an internist or even your gynecologist.  A dermatologist will treat skin infections that cause hair loss.  If you are losing hair, it may be necessary for you to see an endocrinologist for  hormone imbalances, namely androgens.

As with any medical condition, check with your doctor for possible reasons for your hair loss. Check with your doctor for diagnosis of your hair loss and to check that your thyroid is normal. Thinning hair is just one of the many symptoms that may suggest a low or hypo-thyroid condition -- prevalent in women going through mid-life hormonal changes. It may be necessary for you to see an endocrinologist for hormone imbalances, namely androgens.  Your birth control pills might be too strong for you.  Your gynecologist can monitor your estrogen and progesterone levels which fluctuate during pregnancy and menopause.  

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